People
Our people are the most important thing about our subject area. It takes a team of academics, professional services colleagues and PhD students working together to deliver our teaching, carry out our research and keep the department running. Together, they form a supportive community covering a range of professional expertise. You can search by name or role here, or browse below.
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Mr Calum M. Paterson
PhD Student
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Nicola Perugini
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
- Race and decolonial thought
Dr Kristina Pikovskaia
Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
- Cities
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- Politics and political violence
- Work & Economy
Ioana Popescu
PhD student
Professor Emeritus Charles Raab
Professor Emeritus
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- International Relations Research Group
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
- Technology and material culture
Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira
Guest Lecturer and Tutor
Dr Clare Rice
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (QUALREP Engagement and Impact)
- UK and Comparative Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- European Union Studies
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Identities & Inequalities
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Dr Ewan Robertson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Studying Parliaments and the Role of Knowledge
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Lauren Rogers
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
Charlotte Rommerskirchen
Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy
- International Political Economy Research Group
Professor Ben Rosamond
Professor of Politics and International Relations
- European Union Studies
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
- UK and Comparative Politics
Miss Joanna Sakali
PhD Student
- Governance & Democracy
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
Alexander Schotthöfer
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
Aafiyah Shaikh
PhD Student
- Cultural Heritage
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Identities & Inequalities
- Nationalism and political action
- Politics and political violence
- Race and decolonial thought
Dr Albert E Sharra
Honorary Fellow
- Data & Digital
- Digital sociology
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- International development
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
- Science, technology and innovation
- Technology and material culture
- Transitional Justice
Dr Talia Shoval
PhD title: The Nature of War: Incorporating Enironmental Ethics in the Ethics of War
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Ece Solendil
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Deanna Soloninka
PhD student
Dr Pietro Stefanini
Tutor in Politics and International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Ewan Stein
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Luke Stephens
PhD Student
- UK and Comparative Politics
- International Relations Research Group
Natalie Stroud
Student Adviser
Professor Wilfried Swenden
Professor of South Asian and Comparative Politics
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Nationalism and political action
- South Asian studies
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Dr Rebecca Tapscott
Visiting Fellow
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- International Relations Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Politics and political violence
- Race and decolonial thought
- Science, knowledge and policy
Professor Mathias Thaler
Chair of Political Theory
- Culture
- Energy & Sustainability
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Environment and energy
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Dr Patrick Theiner
Lecturer in Politics & International Relations
- Data & Digital
- European Union Studies
- Global health policy
- International development
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
Dr Consuelo Thiers
Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
- Methods
Professor Emeritus Andrew Thompson
Professor Emeritus
Yusuf B Topaloglu
Phd Student
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Dr Oliver Turner
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
Thom Tyerman
Research Fellow
Patrick Utz
PhD title: No return to the borders of the past? Cross-border nationalism and European integration in times of crises
Professor Cristian Vaccari
Chair in Future Governance, Public Policy, and Technology
- Data & Digital
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Politics and political violence
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
- UK and Comparative Politics
Dr Davide Vampa
Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- UK and Comparative Politics
Dr Ivar Vargas Rivas
Tutor
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Illia Varzhanskyi
PhD Student
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
Dr Sarah Vaughan
Honorary Fellow
Ms Elisabet Vives
PhD Student
- Digital sociology
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
Dr Christos Vrakopoulos
Lecturer (Politics with Quantitative Methods)
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Ruizhe Wang
PhD Student
- International development
Dr Cat Wayland
Tutor
- Political Theory Research Group
Fiona Wong
PhD Candidate
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
Professor Kate Wright
Personal Chair in Media and Communications
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Politics and political violence
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
Dr David Yarrow
Lecturer in Political Economy
- Data & Digital
- Finance and economic sociology
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Work & Economy
Zozan Yasar
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Political Theory Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Kitty Yi
PhD student